Wednesday, February 1, 2012

It's here: the 5th in a row of dystopian theme months that began in Feb 2010 to spotlight dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. If you plan to participate with me this month, grab the Dystopian February badge above or from my sidebar and put it on your blog, linking to this kick-off post.

Now I'm pretty inclusive in my definition of dystopia/post-apocalyptic lit, so you'll find a wide range of books, including some occasional books with very limited dystopias. Thanks to the explosion in popularity of the genre, publishers often market books as dystopias which really aren't - in which case I will alert you to that fact in my review.

Plus - TONS of book giveaways, a preview checklist and weekend round-up posts to catch you up on anything you might have missed.

Speaking of giveaways, HarperCollins US has generously donated one prize pack of dystopian YA books. All you have to do to enter to win is read and review at least one dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel during the month of February and then link to your review via a google form below (if you review it on your blog or GoodReads because you don't have a blog). Challenge and contest is open worldwide (if a non-US resident wins, I will receive the prize & forward it on to you), so get reading!

I'll be posting at least once a day usually at midnight (Central European Time) and sometimes at noon (CET). If you don't want to miss anything, consider following my blog or subscribing via a feedreader. Thanks! I hope you enjoy this month as much as I am enjoying putting it together!

15 comments:

I love this feature so much; excited! I'll definitely review more dystopian in February. I've never heard of Masque of the Red Death but it looks intriguing and I've been meaning to read Shatter me, so this will give me the perfect excuse, haha. Looking forward to the rest of Dystopian February!

I must say all those books covers together like that look so pretty for what is essentially a depressing theme... I will have to see if I have anything dystopian to read for it. In the meantime I look forward to your posts!

This is perfect timing. The English teacher in my school (I'm a librarian) is working on a dystopia unit with the senior class. This will be a wealth of resources and maybe we can get them all to join Goodreads, do reviews and enter the contest!

I´d love to enter the competition, but I have a swedish bookblog and therefor write all of my reviews in swedish. Could I participate anyway or would I have to write it in english?The prize pack seems great, by the way. I´m especially courious for Partials

Wow this sounds awesome!! I just restarted blogging and now write reviews for dystopian young adult novels. This contest is perfect for me!! All of these books look interesting and I really hope I win!! Thank you for this contest and thank you for dedicating this month to dystopian novels!!